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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Determinants of contraceptive use among the young and newly-wed couples.

AUTHORS

Islam M; Kane TT; Barkat-e-Khuda; Hossain MB; Reza MM

SOURCE

In: Reproductive health in rural Bangladesh: policy and programmatic

implications. Volume 1, edited by Thomas T. Kane, Barkat-e-Khuda, James F.

Phillips. Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease

Research, Bangladesh [ICDDR,B], 1997 Jul. :105-34. ICDDR,B Monograph No. 7

ABSTRACT

This book chapter presents findings from a study of the sociodemographic and programmatic variables affecting use

of modern contraceptives among young newly-weds in rural Bangladesh. Data were obtained from the Maternal and

Child Health and Family Planning (MCH-FP) Program's Sample Registration System (SRS). An in-depth survey was

conducted among 13,515 married women of reproductive age (MWRA) in SRS unions in 1993-94 from Abhoynagar,

Sirajganj, Bagerpara, Keshebpur, Mirsarai, and Satkania thanas. 40% of MWRA were current contraceptive users.

14.3% used pills, 7.5% used injectables, 2.5% used IUDs, and 2.7% used condoms. Use was lower among women

aged under 20 years. Ever use and current use increased with level of education. 62% of Muslims and 73% of non-

Muslims had ever used contraception. Ever use was 69% among women who had children and 19.7% among

childless women. The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) was 44.4% among women with one or more children and

5.6% among childless women. The CPR was 42.2% among women married more than 3 years and only 11.5%

among women married less than 3 years. Contraceptive use was greater among women with fieldworker contact.

50% of MWRA had ever visited a Health and Family Welfare Center, of whom 48% were current users. 21.6% reported

non-use due to a desire for more children. 12% reported side effects as a reason for non-use. Over 80% knew of

contraception before their marriage. 35% of MWRA aged over 30 years had a fatalistic attitude toward the desired

number of children. Young and newly-wed women were less likely to have fatalistic attitudes about childbearing.

Women who had had complications were more likely to use modern contraception. Young, newly-wed women had

positive perceptions of family planning and intended to use modern methods. 30% of married teenage women had

had no family planning worker contact. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 547-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Determinants of contraceptive use among the young and

newly-wed couples.", is(are) Islam M; Kane TT; Barkat-e-Khuda; Hossain MB; Reza MM. The source of this article

is "In: Reproductive health in rural Bangladesh: policy and programmatic implications. Volume 1, edited by Thomas

T. Kane, Barkat-e-Khuda, James F. Phillips. Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease

Research, Bangladesh [ICDDR,B], 1997 Jul. :105-34. ICDDR,B Monograph No. 7". This article was published in 1997

in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 547-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

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